Have you ever played “Opposite Day”? According to Wikipedia, “Opposite Day is a make believe game usually played by children. Conceptually, Opposite Day is a holiday where things are said and done in an opposite manner. It is not a holiday on any calendar, one can declare that today is Opposite Day (sometimes retroactively) to indicate something which will be said, or has just been said should…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 57)
How long had Israel been slaves in Egypt? Well, that depends on who you ask, but by the end of Exodus chapter 2, that generation of Israelites had not known any life except the one there in Egyptian slavery. Do you think they had ever “groaned because of their bondage” before Exodus 2:23? No doubt they regularly groaned and cried out to God because of…
We might think that facial recognition software is a rather new invention. And, in some respects, it might be, for purposes like police departments identifying suspects or for you to unlock your new phone. But, it’s actually been around for a really, really, really long time. 3,500 years ago, God commanded the Israelites not to use their facial recognition software—that is, the software that…
On his Third Missionary Journey, Paul paused to meet with some special friends—the elders of the church in Ephesus. They all sat down and discussed the work of the church and prayed together. From Paul’s words on that occasion, we learn much about the work of a faithful preacher. Consider these qualities and responsibilities of God’s evangelists: He is to live a…
Most of us likely eat much better than the average person in other parts of the world. But, is it really all about what’s on the table? What if all we could bring to the table to eat was “herbs” or a “dry crust of bread”? That wouldn’t be very good, would it? Certainly, we would rather have a table full of festive dishes to fill…
Sometimes things happen and we want to know, “Why?” We look and search and dig and wonder and fret and worry about the “Why?” We get so desperate sometimes that we start to make up reasons and explanations in our minds to satisfy our search for “Why?” Oftentimes (and almost always) those reasons and explanations are not well-founded and cause us to settle our thoughts…
Five times in his letters, Paul used the expression, “This is a faithful saying,” and all of them are found in his letters to Timothy and Titus. Of course, all Scripture is comprised of the “faithful sayings” of God, but let us see what we can learn from these five truths that Paul identifies as “faithful.” The first “faithful saying” focuses on…
Jesus said, “As you wish that others would do to you, do so to them” (Luke 6:31). Do you wish that others would chew you out and curse at you? No? Then don’t do that to them! Do you wish that others would make fun of you and laugh at you? No? Then don’t do that to them! Do you wish that others would talk about you behind your…